Postpartum Care in the NICU (PeliCaN) Transitions
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This is a randomized controlled trial of a dyad-centered, doula support and healthcare coordination model of care in a large urban neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which serves a high-risk, low-income, majority Black population. In addition to doula support and coordination of care in the NICU, there will be a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 16
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• HUP postpartum patients who are at least 16 years old at the time their newborns' birth
• Infant born at HUP
• Preterm birth \<34 weeks
• English language speaking
Locations
United States
Pennsylvania
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITING
Philadelphia
Contact Information
Primary
Heather Burris, MD MPH
Burrish@chop.edu
(215) 573-4916
Backup
Niesha Darden
dardenn2@chop.edu
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-09-11
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-08
Participants
Target number of participants: 20
Treatments
Experimental: Doula Intervention
Participants randomized to the intervention will be offered doula support including care coordination to mental and medical health services in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with a warm handoff to a community doula to continue the support once infants leave the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) NICU.
No_intervention: Control
Participants randomized to usual care will get the same care they normally would with their own provider, outside of research enrollment, and receive a resource guide with information about the importance of postpartum follow-up care.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Pennsylvania